《Apex 英雄》腐蝕毒罐 CD 下調 20%　引職業選手強烈不滿

預計在台灣時間 1 月 6 日下午 12 時進行更新的搏鬥之夜版本，腐蝕的毒罐冷卻時間大大減少了 20%，卻引來許多玩家不滿，官方人員出面解釋這麼做的理由。

一向不喜歡調整數值（傷害、冷卻時間等）的製作團隊，在最新版本「搏鬥之夜」罕見地將兩位英雄的戰術技能冷卻時間分別減少 33% 和 20%

，汗洛也減少 2 點傷害，而不是修改技能效果和武器後座力。
Yup! That one was super easy to do (it took me about 10 minutes to do and verify, and 2-3 playtests to convince me it wouldn't hurt the game) and Caustic is in fact one of the weakest characters in the game.

— Daniel Zenon Klein (@danielzklein) January 2, 2021

《Apex 英雄》首席遊戲設計師 Daniel Zenon Klein 說，修改數值只需要約十分鐘就可以結束，再做二至三次遊戲測試就可以上架（以確保不會對遊戲產生傷害）；另一方面，腐蝕事實上是遊戲中最弱的英雄之一。
I think we need to differentiate here. Caustic is weak (in pubs) because people don’t sit in buildings caring about the win, Caustic is weak in open fields and on unorganized teams. How about we take away his ult gas after he’s killed so all end games aren’t 4 caustic ults
— TSM Snip3down (@Snip3down) January 3, 2021

職業戰隊 SoloMid 現役選手 Snip3down 諷刺地回覆，既然在空曠地區和組陌生隊友時很弱，那要不要改成死掉毒氣就會全部消失算了，這樣才不會最後尾圈有 4 個腐蝕絕招。
So in the last few patches we have had Caustic buffs of (Not slowing teammates in his gas, a 25 -> 20 second cool down for his traps, and a buff to his gas damage as well. Yet he’s “weak” and it took 10 minutes to learn this LOL, that’s all it took to BUFF him?? pic.twitter.com/6xsZvFb8zI
— TSM Snip3down (@Snip3down) January 3, 2021
事後 Snip3down 在推特上揶揄官方的做法，指出官方不僅沒有解決腐蝕在空曠處很弱的問題，竟還只花了 10 分鐘做完成了這次的平衡調整，就這是官方口中所謂的「Buff」，更不用說死掉的腐蝕絕招會一直留在場上的事情了，表達覺得這次更新非常荒謬的看法。
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